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After centuries of systematic efforts to eradicate wolves in the U.S., they're making a comeback. Some of their best habitat may be located in the Colorado high country.
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The Colorado cattle industry association filed a lawsuit Monday against state and federal agencies over the reintroduction of gray wolves just weeks away from the predators' release.
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Gray wolves are one of the most controversial animals in the West, and how you can manage the species depends on what state you're in. Along the Colorado-Wyoming border, that friction is part of daily life.
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Colorado says it’s ready to release its first batch of wolves and meet the demands of a 2020 ballot initiative where voters said they wanted the animal back on the landscape.Now all it needs is to convince another state to donate a few.
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After two years of meetings, more than 4,000 public comments, and much spirited debate, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission has unanimously approved the state’s wolf reintroduction plan.
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The Parks and Wildlife Commission has agreed to nearly double the maximum amount the state will pay ranchers if wolves kill their livestock or guard dogs.
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The state is proposing to capture as many as fifteen wolves from the Northern Rockies next winter and release them somewhere near Vail and Glenwood Springs. The releases would continue each year until about fifty wolves are released on the West Slope.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife wants to release 10 to 15 wolves per year into the state under its wolf reintroduction plan. This could begin as soon as next winter, with 15 wolves released to a new home in Colorado somewhere near Vail and Glenwood Springs.
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Colorado officials say that three wolves recently shot and killed in Wyoming may be a part of the North Park wolf pack. The pack made headlines last winter after giving birth to Colorado’s first known litter of pups in 80 years.
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A new study looked at livestock deaths in states like Wyoming, Montana and Idaho that were presumed to be from wolves. It found that the data was woefully inadequate.